Description:Researchinbothacademicandnon-academiccircleshasremainedvirtuallyiden- calinitsconductandorganizationoverthelastfewdecades. Disparategroupsof researchershaveworkedontheirideas,projectsandinventionsinisolatedclusters,withlittlesharingofinformationandsynergiesfromcollaboration. Theadventof social networks and Web technologies has led to the creation of new research networksthathavedramaticallyreducedthebarriersandobstaclestocollaborationforresearcherswhoaregeographicallyandorganizationallydistant. Webtechnologiesusebroadbandconnections,improvedbrowsers,and"rich" multimediainconcertwithanewgenerationofwebsitesthatencouragedusersto contribute to content. Blogs,forums, wikis, and other forms of user-generated contentare,inmanycases,themajorsourceofcontentforthesewebsites. Theevolutionofsocialnetworksbeganwiththetrulysocialnetworksoffriendspavingthewayforbusinessnetworks,whichinturnledtothecurrentresearch networksthatconnectacademicandnon-academicresearchersacrosstheworld. Beingmuchmorerobustthantheoriginalsocialnetworksandthebusinessn-worksthatfollowed,collaborativeresearchnetworkshavethepotentialtoeven- ate in technological advances, innovation, and economic contributions to both industryandnations.Currently,tensofthousandsofresearchersareusingresearchnetworks,ushering in a new paradigm for research. In this paradigm, collaboration is made much easier,andsharingofresearchknowledgeisinstant. Synergiesfromroutinecoll-oration will yield huge advances in research productivity and innovation. The challengeforadministratorsinbothindustryandacademiaistounderstandhow researchnetworksarechangingthepracticeofresearchandtodecidehowbesttoembracesuchtechnologiesandusethemtotheirbestadvantage. v . Contents PartI AnOverviewofe-ResearchCollaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 SocialNetworksandResearchCollaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3WebTechnologies,SocialNetworksande-ResearchCollaboration. . . . . . . . . 6 4 AnOverviewofThisBook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12 AnAnatomyofCollaborationWithintheOnlineEnvironment . . . . . . . . 15 1 IntroductiontoCollaborationTheory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 De?ningCollaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. 1 Cooperation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. 2 Coordination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2. 3 Collaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3 EssentialElementsofCollaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3. 1 Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Eresearch Collaboration. To get started finding Eresearch Collaboration, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: Researchinbothacademicandnon-academiccircleshasremainedvirtuallyiden- calinitsconductandorganizationoverthelastfewdecades. Disparategroupsof researchershaveworkedontheirideas,projectsandinventionsinisolatedclusters,withlittlesharingofinformationandsynergiesfromcollaboration. Theadventof social networks and Web technologies has led to the creation of new research networksthathavedramaticallyreducedthebarriersandobstaclestocollaborationforresearcherswhoaregeographicallyandorganizationallydistant. Webtechnologiesusebroadbandconnections,improvedbrowsers,and"rich" multimediainconcertwithanewgenerationofwebsitesthatencouragedusersto contribute to content. Blogs,forums, wikis, and other forms of user-generated contentare,inmanycases,themajorsourceofcontentforthesewebsites. Theevolutionofsocialnetworksbeganwiththetrulysocialnetworksoffriendspavingthewayforbusinessnetworks,whichinturnledtothecurrentresearch networksthatconnectacademicandnon-academicresearchersacrosstheworld. Beingmuchmorerobustthantheoriginalsocialnetworksandthebusinessn-worksthatfollowed,collaborativeresearchnetworkshavethepotentialtoeven- ate in technological advances, innovation, and economic contributions to both industryandnations.Currently,tensofthousandsofresearchersareusingresearchnetworks,ushering in a new paradigm for research. In this paradigm, collaboration is made much easier,andsharingofresearchknowledgeisinstant. Synergiesfromroutinecoll-oration will yield huge advances in research productivity and innovation. The challengeforadministratorsinbothindustryandacademiaistounderstandhow researchnetworksarechangingthepracticeofresearchandtodecidehowbesttoembracesuchtechnologiesandusethemtotheirbestadvantage. v . Contents PartI AnOverviewofe-ResearchCollaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 SocialNetworksandResearchCollaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3WebTechnologies,SocialNetworksande-ResearchCollaboration. . . . . . . . . 6 4 AnOverviewofThisBook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12 AnAnatomyofCollaborationWithintheOnlineEnvironment . . . . . . . . 15 1 IntroductiontoCollaborationTheory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 De?ningCollaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. 1 Cooperation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. 2 Coordination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2. 3 Collaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3 EssentialElementsofCollaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3. 1 Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Eresearch Collaboration. To get started finding Eresearch Collaboration, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.